Sex differences shape the response to infectious diseases

Molly A Ingersoll

doi:10.1371/journal.ppat.1006688

Sex differences shape the response to infectious diseases

PLoS Pathog. 2017 Dec 28;13(12):e1006688. doi: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1006688. eCollection 2017 Dec.

Author

Molly A Ingersoll^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Unit of Dendritic Cell Immunobiology, Department of Immunology, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.
² INSERM U1223, Institut Pasteur, Paris, France.

No abstract available

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review

MeSH terms

Animals
Communicable Diseases / etiology*
Disease Susceptibility
Female
Gonadal Steroid Hormones / metabolism
Host-Pathogen Interactions
Humans
Influenza, Human / etiology
Male
Orthomyxoviridae Infections / etiology
Research Design
Sex Characteristics
Sex Factors
Urinary Tract Infections / etiology

Substances

Gonadal Steroid Hormones

Grants and funding

MAI was supported by funding from the European Union Seventh Framework Programme Marie Curie Action (PCIG11-GA- 2012-3221170). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.